失踪
解説 Definition
disappearances は disappearance（失踪、消失）の複数形です。人が行方不明になることや、物事が消えてなくなる出来事を複数まとめて表します。
Disappearances is the plural of disappearance and refers to two or more events in which people become missing or things cease to be present or visible. In this context, it especially denotes multiple cases of people going missing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
単数形 disappearance「失踪・消失」の複数形。語尾に複数の -s が付き、直前が /s/ 音なので /ɪz/ と発音され、最後に一音節増える。several disappearances や recent disappearances のように、人が行方不明になった複数の事件をまとめて扱う警察・報道の文脈を結び付ける。
Begin with the singular noun disappearance, an event in which a person goes missing or something vanishes. The plural ending creates disappearances, used when several separate cases or events are discussed together. Because the singular ends with an /s/ sound, the plural ending is pronounced /ɪz/, adding a syllable. Associate it with reporting and investigations: several disappearances, recent disappearances, or the disappearances of the hikers. The prefix dis- reverses the idea of appearing.
例文
The police investigated several disappearances in the area.
警察はその地域で起きたいくつかの失踪を調べました。
The disappearances of the hikers worried their families.
ハイカーたちの失踪は家族を不安にさせました。
The report lists all recent disappearances from the town.
その報告書には、その町で最近起きた失踪がすべて記載されています。
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disappearances の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語apparere「姿を現す」に由来する。否定の接頭辞dis-、語根appear、名詞化接尾辞-anceに複数形-esが結合。「現れる」を逆にして「姿が消える状態」を表すため、行方不明を意味する「失踪」とぴったり一致する。同語根にappear（現れる）とapparition（幻影）がある。
Disappearances is the plural of disappearance. The noun is built from disappear and the noun-forming suffix -ance; disappear itself combines the reversing prefix dis- with appear. Appear came through French from Latin apparere, “to come into sight.” The complete formation denotes the event or state of ceasing to be visible or present, and the plural ending refers to more than one such event.
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